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1# -*- Mode: Python -*-
2# vim: filetype=python
3#
4
5##
6# = Character devices
7##
8
9{ 'include': 'sockets.json' }
10
11##
12# @ChardevInfo:
13#
14# Information about a character device.
15#
16# @label: the label of the character device
17#
18# @filename: the filename of the character device
19#
20# @frontend-open: shows whether the frontend device attached to this backend
21#                 (eg. with the chardev=... option) is in open or closed state
22#                 (since 2.1)
23#
24# Notes: @filename is encoded using the QEMU command line character device
25#        encoding.  See the QEMU man page for details.
26#
27# Since: 0.14
28##
29{ 'struct': 'ChardevInfo',
30  'data': { 'label': 'str',
31            'filename': 'str',
32            'frontend-open': 'bool' } }
33
34##
35# @query-chardev:
36#
37# Returns information about current character devices.
38#
39# Returns: a list of @ChardevInfo
40#
41# Since: 0.14
42#
43# Example:
44#
45# -> { "execute": "query-chardev" }
46# <- {
47#       "return": [
48#          {
49#             "label": "charchannel0",
50#             "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.agent,server=on",
51#             "frontend-open": false
52#          },
53#          {
54#             "label": "charmonitor",
55#             "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.monitor,server=on",
56#             "frontend-open": true
57#          },
58#          {
59#             "label": "charserial0",
60#             "filename": "pty:/dev/pts/2",
61#             "frontend-open": true
62#          }
63#       ]
64#    }
65#
66##
67{ 'command': 'query-chardev', 'returns': ['ChardevInfo'],
68  'allow-preconfig': true }
69
70##
71# @ChardevBackendInfo:
72#
73# Information about a character device backend
74#
75# @name: The backend name
76#
77# Since: 2.0
78##
79{ 'struct': 'ChardevBackendInfo', 'data': {'name': 'str'} }
80
81##
82# @query-chardev-backends:
83#
84# Returns information about character device backends.
85#
86# Returns: a list of @ChardevBackendInfo
87#
88# Since: 2.0
89#
90# Example:
91#
92# -> { "execute": "query-chardev-backends" }
93# <- {
94#       "return":[
95#          {
96#             "name":"udp"
97#          },
98#          {
99#             "name":"tcp"
100#          },
101#          {
102#             "name":"unix"
103#          },
104#          {
105#             "name":"spiceport"
106#          }
107#       ]
108#    }
109#
110##
111{ 'command': 'query-chardev-backends', 'returns': ['ChardevBackendInfo'] }
112
113##
114# @DataFormat:
115#
116# An enumeration of data format.
117#
118# @utf8: Data is a UTF-8 string (RFC 3629)
119#
120# @base64: Data is Base64 encoded binary (RFC 3548)
121#
122# Since: 1.4
123##
124{ 'enum': 'DataFormat',
125  'data': [ 'utf8', 'base64' ] }
126
127##
128# @ringbuf-write:
129#
130# Write to a ring buffer character device.
131#
132# @device: the ring buffer character device name
133#
134# @data: data to write
135#
136# @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
137#
138#          - base64: data must be base64 encoded text.  Its binary
139#            decoding gets written.
140#          - utf8: data's UTF-8 encoding is written
141#          - data itself is always Unicode regardless of format, like
142#            any other string.
143#
144# Returns: Nothing on success
145#
146# Since: 1.4
147#
148# Example:
149#
150# -> { "execute": "ringbuf-write",
151#      "arguments": { "device": "foo",
152#                     "data": "abcdefgh",
153#                     "format": "utf8" } }
154# <- { "return": {} }
155#
156##
157{ 'command': 'ringbuf-write',
158  'data': { 'device': 'str',
159            'data': 'str',
160           '*format': 'DataFormat'} }
161
162##
163# @ringbuf-read:
164#
165# Read from a ring buffer character device.
166#
167# @device: the ring buffer character device name
168#
169# @size: how many bytes to read at most
170#
171# @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
172#
173#          - base64: the data read is returned in base64 encoding.
174#          - utf8: the data read is interpreted as UTF-8.
175#            Bug: can screw up when the buffer contains invalid UTF-8
176#            sequences, NUL characters, after the ring buffer lost
177#            data, and when reading stops because the size limit is
178#            reached.
179#          - The return value is always Unicode regardless of format,
180#            like any other string.
181#
182# Returns: data read from the device
183#
184# Since: 1.4
185#
186# Example:
187#
188# -> { "execute": "ringbuf-read",
189#      "arguments": { "device": "foo",
190#                     "size": 1000,
191#                     "format": "utf8" } }
192# <- { "return": "abcdefgh" }
193#
194##
195{ 'command': 'ringbuf-read',
196  'data': {'device': 'str', 'size': 'int', '*format': 'DataFormat'},
197  'returns': 'str' }
198
199##
200# @ChardevCommon:
201#
202# Configuration shared across all chardev backends
203#
204# @logfile: The name of a logfile to save output
205# @logappend: true to append instead of truncate
206#             (default to false to truncate)
207#
208# Since: 2.6
209##
210{ 'struct': 'ChardevCommon',
211  'data': { '*logfile': 'str',
212            '*logappend': 'bool' } }
213
214##
215# @ChardevFile:
216#
217# Configuration info for file chardevs.
218#
219# @in:  The name of the input file
220# @out: The name of the output file
221# @append: Open the file in append mode (default false to
222#          truncate) (Since 2.6)
223#
224# Since: 1.4
225##
226{ 'struct': 'ChardevFile',
227  'data': { '*in': 'str',
228            'out': 'str',
229            '*append': 'bool' },
230  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
231
232##
233# @ChardevHostdev:
234#
235# Configuration info for device and pipe chardevs.
236#
237# @device: The name of the special file for the device,
238#          i.e. /dev/ttyS0 on Unix or COM1: on Windows
239#
240# Since: 1.4
241##
242{ 'struct': 'ChardevHostdev',
243  'data': { 'device': 'str' },
244  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
245
246##
247# @ChardevSocket:
248#
249# Configuration info for (stream) socket chardevs.
250#
251# @addr: socket address to listen on (server=true)
252#        or connect to (server=false)
253# @tls-creds: the ID of the TLS credentials object (since 2.6)
254# @tls-authz: the ID of the QAuthZ authorization object against which
255#             the client's x509 distinguished name will be validated. This
256#             object is only resolved at time of use, so can be deleted
257#             and recreated on the fly while the chardev server is active.
258#             If missing, it will default to denying access (since 4.0)
259# @server: create server socket (default: true)
260# @wait: wait for incoming connection on server
261#        sockets (default: false).
262#        Silently ignored with server: false.  This use is deprecated.
263# @nodelay: set TCP_NODELAY socket option (default: false)
264# @telnet: enable telnet protocol on server
265#          sockets (default: false)
266# @tn3270: enable tn3270 protocol on server
267#          sockets (default: false) (Since: 2.10)
268# @websocket: enable websocket protocol on server
269#             sockets (default: false) (Since: 3.1)
270# @reconnect: For a client socket, if a socket is disconnected,
271#             then attempt a reconnect after the given number of seconds.
272#             Setting this to zero disables this function. (default: 0)
273#             (Since: 2.2)
274#
275# Since: 1.4
276##
277{ 'struct': 'ChardevSocket',
278  'data': { 'addr': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
279            '*tls-creds': 'str',
280            '*tls-authz'  : 'str',
281            '*server': 'bool',
282            '*wait': 'bool',
283            '*nodelay': 'bool',
284            '*telnet': 'bool',
285            '*tn3270': 'bool',
286            '*websocket': 'bool',
287            '*reconnect': 'int' },
288  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
289
290##
291# @ChardevUdp:
292#
293# Configuration info for datagram socket chardevs.
294#
295# @remote: remote address
296# @local: local address
297#
298# Since: 1.5
299##
300{ 'struct': 'ChardevUdp',
301  'data': { 'remote': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
302            '*local': 'SocketAddressLegacy' },
303  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
304
305##
306# @ChardevMux:
307#
308# Configuration info for mux chardevs.
309#
310# @chardev: name of the base chardev.
311#
312# Since: 1.5
313##
314{ 'struct': 'ChardevMux',
315  'data': { 'chardev': 'str' },
316  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
317
318##
319# @ChardevStdio:
320#
321# Configuration info for stdio chardevs.
322#
323# @signal: Allow signals (such as SIGINT triggered by ^C)
324#          be delivered to qemu.  Default: true.
325#
326# Since: 1.5
327##
328{ 'struct': 'ChardevStdio',
329  'data': { '*signal': 'bool' },
330  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
331
332
333##
334# @ChardevSpiceChannel:
335#
336# Configuration info for spice vm channel chardevs.
337#
338# @type: kind of channel (for example vdagent).
339#
340# Since: 1.5
341##
342{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannel',
343  'data': { 'type': 'str' },
344  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
345  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
346
347##
348# @ChardevSpicePort:
349#
350# Configuration info for spice port chardevs.
351#
352# @fqdn: name of the channel (see docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
353#
354# Since: 1.5
355##
356{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePort',
357  'data': { 'fqdn': 'str' },
358  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
359  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
360
361##
362# @ChardevDBus:
363#
364# Configuration info for DBus chardevs.
365#
366# @name: name of the channel (following docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
367#
368# Since: 7.0
369##
370{ 'struct': 'ChardevDBus',
371  'data': { 'name': 'str' },
372  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
373  'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' }
374
375##
376# @ChardevVC:
377#
378# Configuration info for virtual console chardevs.
379#
380# @width:  console width,  in pixels
381# @height: console height, in pixels
382# @cols:   console width,  in chars
383# @rows:   console height, in chars
384#
385# Since: 1.5
386##
387{ 'struct': 'ChardevVC',
388  'data': { '*width': 'int',
389            '*height': 'int',
390            '*cols': 'int',
391            '*rows': 'int' },
392  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
393
394##
395# @ChardevRingbuf:
396#
397# Configuration info for ring buffer chardevs.
398#
399# @size: ring buffer size, must be power of two, default is 65536
400#
401# Since: 1.5
402##
403{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbuf',
404  'data': { '*size': 'int' },
405  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
406
407##
408# @ChardevQemuVDAgent:
409#
410# Configuration info for qemu vdagent implementation.
411#
412# @mouse: enable/disable mouse, default is enabled.
413# @clipboard: enable/disable clipboard, default is disabled.
414#
415# Since: 6.1
416#
417##
418{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent',
419  'data': { '*mouse': 'bool',
420            '*clipboard': 'bool' },
421  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
422  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }
423
424##
425# @ChardevBackendKind:
426#
427# @pipe: Since 1.5
428# @udp: Since 1.5
429# @mux: Since 1.5
430# @msmouse: Since 1.5
431# @wctablet: Since 2.9
432# @braille: Since 1.5
433# @testdev: Since 2.2
434# @stdio: Since 1.5
435# @console: Since 1.5
436# @spicevmc: Since 1.5
437# @spiceport: Since 1.5
438# @qemu-vdagent: Since 6.1
439# @dbus: Since 7.0
440# @vc: v1.5
441# @ringbuf: Since 1.6
442# @memory: Since 1.5
443#
444# Since: 1.4
445##
446{ 'enum': 'ChardevBackendKind',
447  'data': [ 'file',
448            'serial',
449            'parallel',
450            'pipe',
451            'socket',
452            'udp',
453            'pty',
454            'null',
455            'mux',
456            'msmouse',
457            'wctablet',
458            'braille',
459            'testdev',
460            'stdio',
461            'console',
462            { 'name': 'spicevmc', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
463            { 'name': 'spiceport', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
464            { 'name': 'qemu-vdagent', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' },
465            { 'name': 'dbus', 'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
466            'vc',
467            'ringbuf',
468            # next one is just for compatibility
469            'memory' ] }
470
471##
472# @ChardevFileWrapper:
473#
474# Since: 1.4
475##
476{ 'struct': 'ChardevFileWrapper',
477  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevFile' } }
478
479##
480# @ChardevHostdevWrapper:
481#
482# Since: 1.4
483##
484{ 'struct': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
485  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevHostdev' } }
486
487##
488# @ChardevSocketWrapper:
489#
490# Since: 1.4
491##
492{ 'struct': 'ChardevSocketWrapper',
493  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSocket' } }
494
495##
496# @ChardevUdpWrapper:
497#
498# Since: 1.5
499##
500{ 'struct': 'ChardevUdpWrapper',
501  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevUdp' } }
502
503##
504# @ChardevCommonWrapper:
505#
506# Since: 2.6
507##
508{ 'struct': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
509  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevCommon' } }
510
511##
512# @ChardevMuxWrapper:
513#
514# Since: 1.5
515##
516{ 'struct': 'ChardevMuxWrapper',
517  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevMux' } }
518
519##
520# @ChardevStdioWrapper:
521#
522# Since: 1.5
523##
524{ 'struct': 'ChardevStdioWrapper',
525  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevStdio' } }
526
527##
528# @ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper:
529#
530# Since: 1.5
531##
532{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper',
533  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSpiceChannel' },
534  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
535
536##
537# @ChardevSpicePortWrapper:
538#
539# Since: 1.5
540##
541{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper',
542  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSpicePort' },
543  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
544
545##
546# @ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper:
547#
548# Since: 6.1
549##
550{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper',
551  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent' },
552  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }
553
554##
555# @ChardevDBusWrapper:
556#
557# Since: 7.0
558##
559{ 'struct': 'ChardevDBusWrapper',
560  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevDBus' },
561  'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' }
562
563##
564# @ChardevVCWrapper:
565#
566# Since: 1.5
567##
568{ 'struct': 'ChardevVCWrapper',
569  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevVC' } }
570
571##
572# @ChardevRingbufWrapper:
573#
574# Since: 1.5
575##
576{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper',
577  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevRingbuf' } }
578
579##
580# @ChardevBackend:
581#
582# Configuration info for the new chardev backend.
583#
584# Since: 1.4
585##
586{ 'union': 'ChardevBackend',
587  'base': { 'type': 'ChardevBackendKind' },
588  'discriminator': 'type',
589  'data': { 'file': 'ChardevFileWrapper',
590            'serial': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
591            'parallel': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
592            'pipe': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
593            'socket': 'ChardevSocketWrapper',
594            'udp': 'ChardevUdpWrapper',
595            'pty': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
596            'null': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
597            'mux': 'ChardevMuxWrapper',
598            'msmouse': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
599            'wctablet': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
600            'braille': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
601            'testdev': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
602            'stdio': 'ChardevStdioWrapper',
603            'console': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
604            'spicevmc': { 'type': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper',
605                          'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
606            'spiceport': { 'type': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper',
607                           'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
608            'qemu-vdagent': { 'type': 'ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper',
609                              'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' },
610            'dbus': { 'type': 'ChardevDBusWrapper',
611                      'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
612            'vc': 'ChardevVCWrapper',
613            'ringbuf': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper',
614            # next one is just for compatibility
615            'memory': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper' } }
616
617##
618# @ChardevReturn:
619#
620# Return info about the chardev backend just created.
621#
622# @pty: name of the slave pseudoterminal device, present if
623#       and only if a chardev of type 'pty' was created
624#
625# Since: 1.4
626##
627{ 'struct' : 'ChardevReturn',
628  'data': { '*pty': 'str' } }
629
630##
631# @chardev-add:
632#
633# Add a character device backend
634#
635# @id: the chardev's ID, must be unique
636# @backend: backend type and parameters
637#
638# Returns: ChardevReturn.
639#
640# Since: 1.4
641#
642# Example:
643#
644# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
645#      "arguments" : { "id" : "foo",
646#                      "backend" : { "type" : "null", "data" : {} } } }
647# <- { "return": {} }
648#
649# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
650#      "arguments" : { "id" : "bar",
651#                      "backend" : { "type" : "file",
652#                                    "data" : { "out" : "/tmp/bar.log" } } } }
653# <- { "return": {} }
654#
655# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
656#      "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
657#                      "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
658# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
659#
660##
661{ 'command': 'chardev-add',
662  'data': { 'id': 'str',
663            'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
664  'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
665
666##
667# @chardev-change:
668#
669# Change a character device backend
670#
671# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
672# @backend: new backend type and parameters
673#
674# Returns: ChardevReturn.
675#
676# Since: 2.10
677#
678# Example:
679#
680# -> { "execute" : "chardev-change",
681#      "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
682#                      "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
683# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
684#
685# -> {"execute" : "chardev-change",
686#     "arguments" : {
687#         "id" : "charchannel2",
688#         "backend" : {
689#             "type" : "socket",
690#             "data" : {
691#                 "addr" : {
692#                     "type" : "unix" ,
693#                     "data" : {
694#                         "path" : "/tmp/charchannel2.socket"
695#                     }
696#                  },
697#                  "server" : true,
698#                  "wait" : false }}}}
699# <- {"return": {}}
700#
701##
702{ 'command': 'chardev-change',
703  'data': { 'id': 'str',
704            'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
705  'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
706
707##
708# @chardev-remove:
709#
710# Remove a character device backend
711#
712# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist and not be in use
713#
714# Returns: Nothing on success
715#
716# Since: 1.4
717#
718# Example:
719#
720# -> { "execute": "chardev-remove", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
721# <- { "return": {} }
722#
723##
724{ 'command': 'chardev-remove',
725  'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
726
727##
728# @chardev-send-break:
729#
730# Send a break to a character device
731#
732# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
733#
734# Returns: Nothing on success
735#
736# Since: 2.10
737#
738# Example:
739#
740# -> { "execute": "chardev-send-break", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
741# <- { "return": {} }
742#
743##
744{ 'command': 'chardev-send-break',
745  'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
746
747##
748# @VSERPORT_CHANGE:
749#
750# Emitted when the guest opens or closes a virtio-serial port.
751#
752# @id: device identifier of the virtio-serial port
753#
754# @open: true if the guest has opened the virtio-serial port
755#
756# Note: This event is rate-limited.
757#
758# Since: 2.1
759#
760# Example:
761#
762# <- { "event": "VSERPORT_CHANGE",
763#      "data": { "id": "channel0", "open": true },
764#      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1401385907, "microseconds": 422329 } }
765#
766##
767{ 'event': 'VSERPORT_CHANGE',
768  'data': { 'id': 'str',
769            'open': 'bool' } }
770